[4] His brothers Richard and Annesley also played first-class cricket for Canterbury.
When the New Zealand Cricket Council was formed in 1894, Harman was elected the inaugural treasurer.
He played representative rugby union for Canterbury, and twice won the New Zealand men's long jump title at the national athletic championships, in 1888 and 1890.
[3] On 17 October 1895, at St John's Church, Roslyn, Dunedin, Harman married Jenny Cook.
[8] He lived all his life in Christchurch, and died there in April 1950, aged 89, survived by Jenny and two sons and a daughter.